Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Civil War

"… bibliographies, students used technology to create exhibit pages on the Maine Memory Network. These were later uploaded to Thomaston’s Website."

Architecture & Landscape database - Lost Gardens of Eden

"Lost Gardens of Eden “Paradise Lost, Paradise Found: the landscape of Mount Desert Island” by Patrick Chassé."

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"Frederick A. Tompson By Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. Frederick Augustus Tompson (1857-1919) was born in Portland in 1857. His father John A."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"… Patent, a 576,000 acre tract of land in midcoast Maine that had been granted to Brigadier General Samuel Waldo, Lucy Knox’s maternal grandfather…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… 1850 to 1857 Map of Waterfront, Thomaston, Maine 1855Thomaston Historical Society In 1853 Alexander McCallum and E."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… Fales, born October 11, 1834 lived in Thomaston Maine. He was a mason soldier of the 4th Me. He was the son of Samuel H., and Sylvanus C."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"… 1780s Map of the Georges River, Thomaston, Maine 2009Thomaston Historical Society By the time Thomaston was incorporated in 1777, several…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"Shipbuilding Sign with Ship, Thomaston, Maine 2009Thomaston Historical Society Text by Margaret McCrea."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… lime at the quarry on what is now the former Maine State Prison site on Main Street in Thomaston, and he operated kilns on the bank of the river…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Partners

"… Project (MCHP), a partnership between the Maine Historical Society and Maine State Library, is an innovative program that promotes collaboration…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Funeral

"… and proceeded up Knox Street to what is now Main Street, and from there to a wood near Mill River, where Knox’s tomb was located under his favorite…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tilson's Hat

"A History of Thomaston Maine For Young Readers. Rockland: Lakeside Printing, 1994. The chapter of this book that we read told us about Perez Henry…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"Morse Shipyard, Water Street, Thomaston, Maine c 1940Thomaston Historical Society Charles A. Morse of Friendship, established Morse Boatbuilding Co."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Shipping

"… brig Quantibacook (named for a lake in Searsmont, Maine), built in 1804 by Howland and Asa Rogers and weighing 140 tons; and the sloop Quick Lime…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

"Jonathan P. Cilley Personal Sketch from P. Henry Tillson Post Journal, Thomaston, Maine 1895Thomaston Historical Society"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources

"L., Jr., 1995, “A Summary History of Bath, Maine 1850 to 1990.” Bath, Maine: Core Committee of the Comprehensive Plan for Bath, 1995."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"… between which was an open court leading to the main entrance. Paul Revere Bell Commissioned for Thomaston Meeting House, 1797The General Henry…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"Map of Lincoln, Thomaston, Maine in 1719Thomaston Historical Society Throughout Lovewell’s War, 1721-1726, the Indians and their French allies again…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… is Incorporated - 1777 District of Maine map, 1795Maine Historical Society Local settlers cultivated potatoes and vegetable gardens, hunted…"

Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Bowdoin College Library

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Penobscot Marine Museum

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Welcome

"… A year-long learning experience that has led to the creation of many exhibits on the Maine Memory Network to tell the story of Downtown Bath."

Abplanalp Library, UNE

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